Improvement in sausage-cutters



,J."KNOPP. Sausage-Cutters.

No 146,007. Patented Dec.-30,187&

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB KNOPP, on OOLUMBIANA, 0H10.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAUSAGE-CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,007, dated Decmber .30, 1873 application filed August 2, 1873.

. nation With a series of abntments arranged on the inner walls of the lower half the cuttercase, so that the cutters Will pass between them, said abutments being arranged at an acute angle to the axis of the cutters, and formin g a zigzag channel, through Which the meat has to travel, whereby it is frequently brought into contact With the cutters in its passage throngh the machine.

T0 enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I Will proceed t0 describe more fully its construction and opera tion.

In the accompanying drawings, Which form part of my specification, Figure 1 is a top view or plan of my improvement in sausage-cutter, representing the upper part of the cutter-case tnrned back so as to expose the cutters. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the machine, representin g the cutters and their shaft removed from the case so as to show the arrangement of the abntments in the lower part of the critter-case. Fig. 3 is a face view of the cutters and a transverse section of their shaft. Fig. 4 is a side view of the machine. Fig. 5 is a side view of the wrench used for screwing and unscrewing the clamping dis]: or nut upon the shaft of the cutters.

A and B represent the cutter-case, Which may be construeted of wood or metal. The inner walls of this case are provided with a series of grooves, C, into which the outer ends of the cutters D enter and travel. Between the grooves 0, in the lower halfB of the cutter-case, are arranged three series of abatments, e, f, and g. These abutments project out from the inner wall of the part B of the case, so as to nearly touch the disks 7L placed between the kniVes. The abutments e f g are arranged in the part B of the case, on limes which are at an acute angle to the axis of the shaft of the cutters D, whereby a zigzag channel is formed, through which the meat has to travel in its passage through the machine, thereby subjecting it freqnently to the action of the cutters D. The cutters are constructed of thin plates of steel, four cutters radiating from the center of each piece, and each cutter provided with a double cutting edge. The cutters D are held in position on their shaft j, throngh the medium of the disks 70 and l and the disks h, the disk 70 being permanently secured to the shaft j and the disk Z secured on the shaft by means of screw-threads corresponding to screw-threads in the disk. The center or disk part of the plate from which the cutters D project is provided with an openin g into which enters a pin, which is on each side of the disks h, as indicated at m in Fig. 3.

By this arrangement of the openings in the center plate of the cutters and the pins on the disks h, the cutting-edges of the cutters are held in parallel limes, which is an important feature in the machine. I do not confine myself, however, to this arrangement of the cutters, for a good result can be obtained when they are otherwise arranged.

The disk 1 is provided with a notch, n, for receiving the projection 0 on the end of the wrench P.

The operation of the wrench With relation to the disk 1 Will be readily understood Withont fnrther description of its relation to and operation upon the said disk.

The part A of the cutter-case is provided With an openin g, R, throughwhich the meat is fed to the machine, and the part B of the case is provided with a discharge-opening, 8, from which the eut sausage-meat is discharged from the machine. t represents the operating crank of the machine.

The operation of the hereinbeibre-described machine for cutting sansage-meat is as follows: The meat is out into strips, after Which it is fed into the machine at the opening R and is car ried down, by the action of the cutters, to abut ments c, and laterally over them to the abut ments f, and laterally over them to the abut ments g, and, passng over them, is foreed ont of the machine through the opening s. The 1neat, in passing throngh the machine in the manner deseribed,wfll be subjeeted frequently to the action of the cutters, S0 that it Will be eut up nto very fine partieles and perfectly minced, making a very desrable sansage-meab. The ends of the cutters, travelingin the grooves O, Wlll perfecfly brace them, and they Will not be so fiable to break by the wedging of the meat between the cutters.

arranged and operating, with relation to the cutters, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

' J AO0B KNOPP.

Witnesses:

J. D. JONES, JOHN VOGLESENG. 

